SHELLING, AIR RAIDS KILL 29 IN SYRIA’S NORTHWEST

BEIRUT: Shelling and air raids by Syrian government forces against a string of villages in the northwestern province of Idlib killed at least 29 people on Sunday (Monday in Manila). The military carried out five separate strikes, including a rocket attack on the village of Maghara that killed 13 people shortly before iftar, the meal at which Muslims break their daytime Ramadan fast, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.